The Sun. — London, England, 1826-01-05 00:00:00

;LA I. Tlt A DE. TO TUE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN. Sin-- Your Correspondent A nous, in his Letter 4M:the " COAL. TrtAus," published in Mit Sum, of the Itith ult., is pleased to commence his strictures by observing, immediately after mo ti,ing the :difference betneen the London and the Newcastle chaldrou, that " the Pit Owners ace divided into two classes, rich and poor; the former are such as are bona jids proprietors of she pits; and have ships of their own, to take sthatever quantity of coals they think proper to 'send to the London Market ; the latter are such as are held together by p a p e r, and are wholly governed by the Ship Fitter." Now, Sir, I fearlessly tell your Correspon dent Ancus (whoever he may be), that he has Adventured upon describing that which he does not underlitathlSorghe does know better—though 'I confess I am seeptien greater is his moral delinquency in laying before the public such a mendacious statement. "Ne rotor ultra ere pidam" is an excellent ' proverb, and should he adopted as a sort of axiom by all critics.— Ito far from the " Pit Owners," or rather Coal Owners, as they are - generally called its the north, criOstitiiting two such classes as are mentioned, the facts speak' directly otherwise : wi t h ver y few exceptions indeed, all the Coal owners are LesseeS; and not proprietors, or lords of the soil, beneath 'Which the great Coal Mining concerns are carried on. The celebrated Wall send colliery, for 'instance, which has been so advantageously wrought by the RUSSELL family ,(of BranCeptith'Castle), is held under the Dealt and Chapter of Durham. As to the assertion, that they, (the Coal Owners) " have ships of their own," to carry the Coals to the London nierket, this is the most gratuitous piece of inven tion I ever read. So far from this being the case, - with the exception of one solitary instance, there is not a Colliery on the river Tyne—und believe the same remark applies to the ‘Veir— that has'any thing to do with shipping. It is, on the other hand, matter of notoriety,Ahat the currying trade between the ports of the Tyne end the Weir to London, furnishes to that re - qiectoble body of men, the Ship Owneis of New castle,. Shields, and Sunderland, constant cm ployment for their ships. Really, Mr. Editor, I must say, I never recollect seeing any professed writer on a given subject shoot so wide of his Mark, as does your Correspondent Anal's, in his attempted Analysis of the Northern Coal Trade. And, then, with respect to the concluding part •of the extract, that one part of the Coal Owners " are held together by paper, and are wholly xoverned by the Ship fitter," the thing is so pre .posterously false, that 1 am lost in amazement lit the temerity—the unblushing effrontery, I iriay call it, of the writer. Taken as a whole, there is not, perhaps, a more efficient body of • individuals engaged in business in any part of the . British Empire : most assuredly here in the North, they are ‘vhat 1 not describing,---and will further acid, no body of men can be more highly distinguished for honourable and upright c o nd uc t, i n every sense, than those very persona whom Anous so shamefully misrepresents.— 'Equally remote from the truth is the insinuation that any of the Coal Owners are " wholly go. vented by the Ship Fitter." The Fitter* in reality have nothing to do in regulating the market price of coals. The Coal Owner fixes hie selling currency ; and where 'u Fitter is employed, such fitter is constrained to sell at the Coal Owner's stipulated price, and no other. Fitters, however, according to 114 e old definition of the term, are hardly known any more, as most of the great Coal proprietors have a special agent, who is remuner ated by a fixed salary, in lieu of the commission dist formerly used to be paid to the F'itter's office. The next curious assertion buzarded by Attoos is, that—" By inspecting the custom house books at Newcastle, it will be perceived that the shares of some of the Coal ships are di sided as follows: The Fitter, • The Captain, The Factor, and The London Wharfinger." ARGUS goes on to state, that " the facilities this comfortable and convenient arrangement of the' 'Ownership of vesselogives to the Newcastle Coal Dealers for cheating their customers in London, will now be lihewn, and thence some little idea formed of the immense sums thus illegally ob tained from the public." Here, again, we have an assertion made evidently with an intent to create prejudice against the Ship Owner. That there may be a solitary case or two of the Fitter; the Factor, and the Captain, owning a ship con jointiy, I will not take upon me to deny. But who is meant by the London Wharlinger ? Is it the Coal Merchant who buys of the Factor, and to whose wharf the cargo ultimately goes ? I must vonfess, however, that to me the whole of this particular charge, and what immediately follows, about ° tire power of ruling the London Coal WlJrket," k absolutely unintelligible. Accord ing to the old Boman adage, Nihil eel ab ornm _pude Manus ; nor can it reasonably be supposed that the Coal Trade, extensive as it is, in its ra milleationt, should not present en'exception. Another remark of A HOU3 is, that the Fitter, when sole owner of the ship, permits his Captain to freight at 14s. per chaldron, when, if the price ,or freight were left to its real value, it would not lie more than 11s. or 1 1 2 s. per chaldron. A little further on it is said—" A return is made through Custom-house to the Clerk of the Market, of the coal being sold at 14s per chaldron, when they do nut pay. above Ms.. The effect of this Arrangement between the Fitterand the Freighter is to keep up the price in the London Market, for immediately the contract is concluded 14s. is returned to the Custom-house as the wholesale price, and thus the London coal-d e al e r and c oa l 4;ousumer are deceived." Here is another jum• tling up of things, the meaning of which it is im pussible to understand. It is well kno w n t h at the Coal Factui makes a return on each market Arty, through the Clerk of the Market, of .th e p r i ce at w hi c h he sells the several descriptions of coots ; this is in conformity with a specific Act of Parliament; and it is done to enable the coal-merchant to fix his price, by the authority it gives him of laying on so much per chahlron, to cover all fair charges and ex peaces, prior to his commencing the retail trade with the consumer. But nothing, certainly, is known of any return through the Custom-house, or how the juggle alluded to by Anous is prac ticable. With respect to the charge, that certain coals bear two or more different names in the market, that may be accounted for, without in volving any one in fraud, upon the plinciple of time cods being assorted—just as a West India merchant woulu in describing the quality of Jamaica Coffee, designate it us— - Pine, A I Willing, and Triage; so just upon a similar principle, the owners of a colliery might. wiih perfect fairness, distinguish their three ditTerent sorts of coal, by three varied designations.' It. was impossible, Mr. Editor, to suffer such a writer as Attous to prefer his unfounded charges against the coal trade, without some attempt to wards correcting the absurd statements he is the author of. A large portion of your Northern Readers, I know, are highly conversant with the subject immediately under discussion : let them then say, ‘thether the writer of this article is not a friend to THE SUN, by forwarding you this epistle. Banks of the Tyne, Jan. 2, 1826. CORRECTOR. - - - - --- HOWARD AND GIBBS' BANKRUPTCY. A Meeting of the Creditors under this Com mission was held, yesterday, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basing. hall-street. From the publicity which the affairs of this con cern have already received, our readers are aware that Lord Alvanley has been represented as a debtor to the firm to the ex. tent of 53,0001. For 25,000/. of this sum judgment has been obtained against his estates, but the remaindet of the claim is dependent on his Lordship's personal security.—The estates, it appears, are burdened with several large annuitten,thejudgements on which are all stated to be prior to that of Messrs. Howard and Gibbs, though from some proceedings taken by a solicitor in his Lordship's affairs, a supposition was entertained that this priority was accidentally set aside. This explanation, since given, proves, however, that such an opinion WAS unfounded,— The trustees of Lord Alvanley's afliairs, desirous of getting rid of the large claim of the creditors of Howard and Gibbs, and aware of the difficulty which the creditors would have in esta blishing those claims, not only on account of the nature of their securities, but of the very equivocal complexion of the trans. actions between the bankrupts and his Lordship, proposed at first to pay the sum of 20,000!. as a full satisfaction of all de mands, but the creditors thought proper to refuse it. A se cond offer of 30,000!. was then made, which the creditors also rejected, and it was stated by several of them that not less than 40,00 W. would be accepted. The meeting of yesterday was therefore called in consequence of the rejection of both these offers for the creditors to determine the propriety of en. forcing their claims against Lord Alvanley by equity or by law. Soon after twelve o'clock a numerous body of credi tors assembled, many of them persons of consideration and wealth, but the appearance of a great proportion showed into what various ranks of life the rage of annuity-hunting had spread. Mixed up with farmers and tradesmen were several poor old women, retired housekeepers, or upper servants, with panic-struck countenances, eagerly listening to the debates, but incapable of comprehending them and only occasionally interfering by pettish exclamations of dis approbation, when the interference of the Court of Chancery was recommended. The Assignees presided. Mr. Shaw, as the senior, was placed in the chair. Previous to the coin. meacement of business an attempt was made to exclude news paper reporters, on the ground that none but creditors were en titled to be present, as well as on consideration for Lord Alvan ley's feelings. This, however, was successfully opposed by a Ilrfr. Spading, who was understood to be a creditor for 3,0001, and on the question being formally put from the Chair, whether reporters should be excluded or not, with the exception of three hands, which were held up ngainst them, the Meeting was unanimous in permitting their attendance. Admiral Dun. dos read a letter from Captain Bathurst, a creditor, then at Plymouth, regretting his inability to attend, and recommend. ing the accepting of whatever offer Lord Alvanley's trustees made, as he was satisfied that if recourse wits had to Chancery, the youngest person among them would not see a termination to the rout. This letter scented to make a great impression on the Meeting, and the subsequent proceedings of the day showed the opinions of the creditors to be, that the alternative of a Chancery Court was the great evil to be avoided. The trans. actions between Messrs. Howard and Gibbs and Lord Alvanley have been so often before the public, that it is unnecessary to go through the statement made yesterday by Mr. Stevens, the solicitor to the assignees. This Gentleman detailed the nature of the account, and the relative value of the securities, and concluded his observations by recommending the creditors not to accept of the proposed 30,0001., us lie was decidedly of opinion that justice would not be done to the estate if a shil ling lest than 40,000!. was taken. This statement was re plied to by 31r. V owe l, so li c i tor to t h e trustees of Lord Alvan. ley, who first undertook to prove how enormous the expecta tions were of realizing within n moderate space any part of the sum claimed upon his Lordship's estates .and then insinuated how little the Court of Chancery would relieve the concern, when nn inquiry into the nature of the transactions between Howard and Gibbs and his Lordship would chew how very questionable the greater part of the debt was. Fur instance, hills charged against Lord Alvanley were discounted at 5, 10, or 20 per Lent. " yes," said a voice in the crowd " and 50 and 100 p e r cent." " N o d ou b t, " continued Air. Vowel ; " and the suit actually received was carried to the credit of Lord Alvanley'e account, while the whole amount of the acceptance was charged against him. And what made the case more doubtful was, that a great part or the bills were drawn, not for the account of Lott! A lvanley alone, but for the joint accommodation of floward and hilts. The nature of the transactions might be well understtmd, from the fact, that on 120,0001. raitt.tl by annuity fur his Lordship, the charge wits 12 per cent., making a total for agency of 12,0001., though the tumid commission for such business was from five to ten per 12,01101., cent." "'!'hat is ve r y true ," interrupted Mr. Stevens, 3,11001. was for 'stamps anti the expence of drawing deeds." " The fact, even as thus cor rected, will be quite sufficient," continued Mr. Towel, " convince the Meeting how tar a Court of Chancery will be likely to enforce the claim against his Lordship's estates with out inquiry into the fotnulation and progress of the ac. count. '1 hese observations of Mr. t'owel's seemed to meet the concurrence of the Meeting, and their effect was much strengthened by the declaration of a Mr. Maitland, a ere ditor, who said, if die concern was thrown into Chancery, he never expected to see the end of it. Neither would his son, who stood near him, see tin cod of it, though his great. grandchildren might. " Very true," also put in an old weakly. lioor woman, wr a pped in a h ome ly alum), and an old Id e a silk onnet, who had forced her way near the table—" very true; die Limn preserve us front the Chancellor!" Mr. Maitland then begged permission to recommend the appointment of a re ference to investigate between tie creditors and Lord A Iva»ley 's trustees, as one benefit to be &rived therefrom worthd be the ap pointment of a gentled an who must decide fur another within a given tinny. " Why not," said Mr. 31., " elect a Chanc e ll or tar yourselves, front whom you can get? judgment Y As to the alterna. •••••• tire of going into an equity NIS, 1 ;rota rather take 4s. lbr my debt than accept it." Several creditors having expressed them selves to the ante effect, the question was put from the chair, when the question watt unanimously carried against any proceedings in equity. A conversation tookplace between 31r. P owe ll an d several of th e cre di tors, ft n m winch it appears likely that a pro position from Lord Alranley to pay 30,5001. will be accepted at a future meeting. Thanks were voted to the assignees.— (Morning Ilerald4 Tim \Yuavriten.--The guards of the mails and night coaches, who arrived this morning, declare that they had experienced a most inclement night, and (ruin the excessive heaviness of the roads, the arrival of some of the coaches was protracted some hours bey on d the usual time : the cold was most intense, and from the occasional showers of sleet the coaches were covered with one complete sheet of ice; it was so great that four outside passengers upon the Harwich coach left it in the midst of the journey, and preferred stopping at an inn, imagining, had they proceed. et' ) that they would be frozen to death. ANGLO•MEXICAN ASSOCIATION. • . Yesterday a numerous Meeting of the Pro prietors of this Company, was held at the City of London Tavern, ili,itopsgate-street, BAncLAY, Esq. in the Chair. The Cuaanmaie opened the business by referring to the re quisition. The Directors, anxious to afford every information , to the Proprietors, had drawn up a report of their proceedings, with a special adherence to plain facts—they held out no delu sive hopes—they made no confident allegations of success, but left the issue to time and perseverance. This was the course they thought themselves bound to pursue, and in submitting , such a statement to the Company, they had no fears for them. selves t if any part of their report was objectionable, the Pro prietors would use their own discretion in rejecting, altering, or amending ft: if it was deemed satisfactory, as the Directors trusted it would be, then the Proprietors would sanction its adoption by their unanimous vote. With the permission of the Meeting he would now beg leave to read the report.— (Cries of " Read, read.") The Honourable Gentleman then proceeded to read the Report, which was of very considerable length, and took a moat comprehensive view of the progress which had been made since the formation of the Association, in exploring the boundless mines of Mexico. In proof of the confidence entertained by the neighbouring inhabitants, as to the success of the Anglo-Mexican Association, it was stated that the Commissioners had been strenuously invited by the proprietors of mines in another district further up the country, to come tip, and make contracts with them, on very eligible terms. This o ffe r , h oweverl t h e C omm issioners very prudently declined closing with, until the opinion of the Com pany in England had been consulted as to its expediency. I'he produce of the mines now in process of work has con- slated chiefly of silver ore, occasionally intermixed with gold, and had been raised in considerable quantities. It would be' seen that there was no diversion of capital, but that all the moneys paid by the Company were devoted solely to the pro motion of the object which had primarily engrossed the atten tion of the Proprietors. Another encouraging feature in the affairs of thin Company would be seen in this fact, that whilst the weekly produce was rapidly increasing, the weekly expen. ditttre was likely, before much time had elapsed, to experience a sensible diminution. In every Instance wh ere economy was compatible with prudence, it had been rightly observed ; and it would be remarked, that thz salaries of the officers belong. log to the Company, were not chargeable to the Association, but derived from the produce of the Alines to which they were respectively attached. With respect to the value of machinery, as applied to the working of the-Alines, the Report quoted the authority of Mr. Williamson, the first Commissioner. • That gentleman, in a letter from Mexico, dated the 24th June last, highly applauds the introduction of machinery, which he considers greatly preferable to the former method of working the Mines by manual labour, which is at once slow, uncertain, and hazardous. A large quantity of ore has been raised, and is now. passing through the process of reduction. In the immediate vicinity of the Mines, great expectation,' are entertained that in this department the labours of the Company will be greatly lessened, by the substitution of the method of smelting, or reduction by fire, for the Mexican plan of amalgamating by quick s il ver, a slow and ex p ens i ve process. " With respect," says the Report, " to the general aspect of this undertaking, the Direc tors think it right to say, that tha opinion they have from its commencement entertained, that it would be found to yield an ample remuneration for the capital engaged in it remains no. changed. The busied,' of Mining is necessarily a speculative one; less so when the capital engaged in it is employed on veins of which others have incurred the risk and charge of ascertaining the value; anti farther relieved from risk when its hazards are spread over a number of well selected Mines, than when continued to a few. As Mining has formerly been a profitable pursuit in Mexico, under less advantn genus circumstances than those which now attend it, there seems no reason why it should not again become so, with the addition of the improvements it is now receiving. The As , iodation continues to receive the most friendly , treatment in Mexico from all classes ; and the Directors have the satisfitc don Of believing, that a most cheering and beneficial reanima tion of industry throughout a large and populous district has attended its labours. A proposal to increase theduty on the precious metals was agitated in the last Mexican Congress, and negatived by a majority of 43 to 2. There is, therefbre, reason to believe that a proportion so injurious to the real interests of Alexico will never be revived. The Report was then moved and seconded, and, being put from the Chair, was unanimously adopted, ordered to be printed, and a copy forwarded to each of the Proprietors. One of the Directors then lead an abstract of the receipt and disbursements of the Company, during the two years that it has existed, the substance of which was, that eight instal- Melts, each of 5 per cent., had been paid up, forming an amount of 400,0001., and that it heel been expended pertly in the purchase of machinery and mining stores In England, but in a much greater degree, in advances made in Mexico, to froward the draining and working of the Alines. This statement was received with unqualified approbation, and a motion for passing the accounts was carried in the affir mative, Th 7 CLIAIILMAN then said, that the Directors having pre sented their It?port and Abstract of Accounts, had now per formed the duty which devolved upon them in virtue of the si tuation to which they had been appointed. lint although it scented they were tbrtonnte as to have given satisfaction, yet at the kilnlC time, they felt themselves bound to give any fur ther information that the Proprietors Might think proper to re quire. A l i ttopniwrott wished for an opportunity of examining the accounts more deliberately. The CHAIR ALAN intimated that the books were open to the scrutiny of every Proprietor, at the Company's (Mice. The thanks of the Meeting were then voted to the Chair. matt, and the Proprietors dispersed. CORRECTIONS OP WEIGHTS BY TUE NrW STANDARD. Ms, oz.dwts.grs. From 1 Avoirdupois, OW, Standard, take 0 0 2 Troy . 9 --- - 0 0 4 3... - 0 0 6 4.... 0 0 11 5 - - - . 0 010 6 . - 0 0 12 - - 0 0 11 - - - () 0 16 - - - 0 0 13 - - - 0 020 --- 0 1 4 --- 0 2 8 - - - 0 416 --- 0 0 8 1 Cwt. - %VSTMI NSTIM S K4SI ONS.—This dnY the Gene ral Quarter Sessions %as held at the Westminster, before F. CO NET, Esq. Chairman, and a bench of Magistrates. The calendar C 911• (II ins 115 prisoners for trial, and six only on the traverse paper. After the Grand Jury had been sworn, the Chairman Informed them that it was highly satisfactory for him to state he need not address them, as there was nothing would come before them but. in their good judgment and long experience they would be able to perform without a remark from the Bench. The Grand Jury then retired, and the. Court proceeded to try the parties out on bail on common assaults. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—This morning, at 10 o'clock, a ♦ery serious accident, which nearly proved fatal to a lady, happened in Piccadilly a cabriolet was running rapidly from the flay. market at the moment a hackney chariot was crossing the road, and both vehicles coming in contact, the cabriolet was upset, and the lady consequently was thrown with great force, on the pavement. She was raised up in a state of insetisibility, her' nose and face dread fully lacerated; and it was believed one of her arms is fractured. She was taken into the shop of Mr. Noland, and from thence was taken home to her residence in Mayfair. The two drivers were taken into custody, it being alleged that their negligent driving contributed towards the accident. UNITED STATES PAPERS. Ex-President Monnot is named as a candi date for next Governorof .... hicE or STOCKS.—NEW YORK, 140 E• '.—IT. S. Sixes, 1812,').—; 1813, asked 101, ofFere&1011 ;•411Aki:ked 103 i ; 1815, asked 105; offered 104 t. • PHILADELPHIA, DEC. 6.—U• S. 'RANK STOCK.—In this city yesterday, 113 to 113 i. In New York on Monday, 112:j. Front Rio Janeiro and Pernambuco.—Captain 13aNsoti, of the brig Eliza and Mary, arrived at Salem on the 9..4th ult. from Pernambuco, states that every thing was qUiet when he sailed—that the tiiarket was abundantly stocked with A uteri can produce., and the produce of the country scarce and high—Spanish dollars were 950 reas. CitEEIE INDIANS.—It is said the Government has reason to anticipate the most favourable re sults from the approaching conferences with the Deputation of hostile Creeks now at Washing ton ; and, of course, a 'satisfactory accommodation of the difficulties which grew out of the late Trea The first Session of the Nineteenth Congress opens under new and interesting political circum stances, as it is evident' that parties are forming anew. Though the old federal party has long since been virtually dissolved, yet it is a cusious anomaly in politics to find them frequently con trouling the republicans in their elections, and treated with an obvious distinction by the Na tional Executive, in the receipt of lucrative ap pointments. In fact, the minority have found out the secret of governing the majority. No one can deny that the Administration, or executive republicans, now occupy the ground the federal ists did in 08. On the other hand, we are glad to find a party of independent republicans spring ing up, determined to maintain the political prin. ciples which distinguished the republicans in 08. How far they may be able to act with effect, dur ing the ensuing session, remains to be.seen : but, we do not hazard much, in predicting that there will be a perfect understanding among the hide pendcnt democrats of the present Congress, who will guard w ith a vigilant eye, every executive pro cedure, and check errors or encroachments at the threshold. From the singular turn which the late election of President took in the House of kepresentativea, it begins to be obvious, that in this country, as in all others, a written constitu. Lion is no guarantee to the people for the preser vation of their liberties and the purity of their elections.--( Washington Paper.) In GEORGIA, the election of Attorney and Solicitor-General has just been made. In every instance the friends of GovernorTroup have been swept from office, and the friends of his opponent put in the place of them. Of the whole number of Judges, Scc. for the last year (fourteen), two only were suffered to remain, and they were of the ascending party in the Legislature.—(Nut. Int.) NEW.BRUNSWICK SUFFERERS.-- We under. stand that the profits of the Theatrical 13enelit for the New-Brunswick sufferers amounted to 60 dollars, which the Managers made an hundred, independent of their private subscriptions. CITY LAN Ds.—Ten lots of the Neck Lands, bounded on Washington street, were sold at auction on Tuesday afternoon, and brought from 31 to -13 cents the square foot.—These lands have heretofore brought about '25 cents at highest.---( Patriot.) Sixty-four cells of the third State prison in New York are comvierleiluedm.ireld' be t i . s e tp pr ison i a s tn t l o w four stories high, fiv e ill contain 800 cells. On the 26th the 109 convicts employed on the building, were for the first time iefely locked up within their cell—and on the following morning (the Sabbath) a Bible was furnished each one of them. Extract of a Letter from Washington Dee. 4. " There ham seldom b een so ear l y an assemblage of the Mem ber, or Congress at the seat of Government. It is not easy to determine whether this has been caused more by the election of Speaker, or the desire or procuring comlbrtable seats in the ca pitol. It may be thought that the latter cause has always existed, but that is not precisely the fact. as there is a greater difference in the convenience of the seats in the new hall than in the old one, or any of the buildings occupied by Congress. This is becomieg more generally known every year, and occasions quite a scramble. The rule is, that the Aleinber who first takes pos ems ion of a seat, by putting his name on it, acquires a right to occupy during the Congress, but no seat can he held which is taken by proxy. The hall is, perhaps, one o f the wor s t th at ever was built, for tire purpose intended ; some positions arc, however, more convenient than other, for hear• ing ; others are more convenient for being heard ; few are adapted well' for either purpose, and still fewer tbr both. Whoever, therefore, occupies a scat in it, with a desire either to infbrni or become inthrined on the subject on which he is obliged to act by his vote, must be not u little discomposed, by being driven into a scat where he can neither hear nor be heard. Such is however the mistOrtune of very many. Among others, whom i should always listen to with pleasure and instruction, I observed the name of the learned Air. Everett on a desk, front which, unless he has the lungs of a Stentor, one-half the house, if not three-fburths, will never be a bl e to h ear an ent i re Ken _ fence." DRUMMOND TALAND.—The British military post, situated at the head of Irilu, Boron, has been declared to be within the limits of the United Suites, by the decision of the Boundary hay Cmmoissionerm under the treaty of Ghent, and that decision been ratified by the Governitent. Still the island is not abandoned by the British, but is occupied by their troops, and is the head-quarters of their intercourse with the Indians in the north-west. We are wholly unacquainted with the reasons which have induced the United States Government so long to neglect the occupation of the Island, as the British are probably only waiting until a request is made to them to break up their establishment. It is important to the north-west trade, and to the American Government that this island should soon he oc cupied by our troops.—( Detroit Paper.) MONEY MARKET. Nine' Yonx, Nov. 20.—The Post tells us, that great relief has been afforded to merchants by the United States Branch Bank discounting 400,000 dollars. This KM, when added to the discounts of other Banks, have, in all probability, afforded a temporary relief; but it will be remembered, that in the first commercial city in the Union, with its great trade and re sources, a large sum is necessary to sustain the ordinary mer cantile and tradi ng resp onsibility. The United State s Bank may occasionally be liberal in discounts, and what is of more importance, may exonerate and relieve other Banks from ap prehension of danger, by their being equally liberal.—(Balii. more Aritertiser, Dec. 1.) Several of our merchants were panic struck on Friday ni g ht by the app earance of law officers in their houses, to secure, by trustee process, all property owned, and all debts due to the house of an eminent bunker in London, in whose solvency un. limited confidence has hitherto been placed by our importing merchauts.--(Boston Patriot.) COTTON. MI SRISSIPPI.—The Jackson Luminary states, the cotton crops in that county have turned out well, and that the farmers have nearly completed the gathering. They have received great aid from the Chectaw Indians, who have crowded thither for the purpose of picking cotton to enable them to procure winter clothing. NEW ORLEANS, OCT. 31.—We have ascertained from the best information, that the same calm continues in the market, and that no transaction has been made since our last report. We can therefore state, that for the last two months and a half, ac‘ I complete stagnatiox has existed in our cotton trade. It is believed that the first demands will be for the finest qualities, in order to keep employed some of the Northern manufacturers. Imports 720 bales. Nonrot.x, Nov. 26.—Ten bales of Cotton, raised on the plantation of Mr. William Minton, in Nansemond County, was brought into this market yesterday, and readily sold at 14i cents. per pound. The staple was very good. We hope that our farmers in the neighbouring counties will see the propriety , of turning their attention immediately to the cultivation of this valuable staple, which, if we are not misinformed, is a more profitable crop even at ten cents. than Corn at three dollars— children being profitable hands to the cultivation of the former, whereas full grown and vigorous labourers are required for the latter.—( Norfolk Beacon.) CITAIII.EsTox, Nov. 28.—The same causes still continuing., to operate against the arrival at market of Upland Cottons in any considerable quantities, that which came to hand met pur. chasers pretty readily until the middle of tle week, at previous rates, since which the demand is lessened, and, within the last two or three days, holders appeared willing to realize at a fraction below our last quotations, selections of the new crop being offered at 14 cents. We have accordingly reduced our quotations to 13 or 14; although sonic holders are still storing the article for 14i and lb cents. In Sea Islands and Sanuee there is as yet nothing doing. TEsts: essEE.—ln all the other States, those who are con• scientiously scrupulous of bearing arms are allowed to pay an equivalent for personal service. In this State the legislature is enjoined to pass laws exempting citizens belonging to all/ sect or denomination of religion, the tenets of which are known to be opposed to the bearing of arms, from attending private and general musters." The aggregate of the crop of cotton ia this State and North Alabama is about 80,000 bales. COTTON is very backward in coming to market this seasens , - only 33 bales have been received up to this time. Last year upwards of 1000 bales were received by the Ist of November. It will be kept back very late, in consequence of the great tie preasion and unsettled state of foreign markets. By all se" counts there will be a very considerable increase in the crops this year—the quantity to be exported from this Bay will not fall short of 75 to BO thousand bales. The weather has been fine for picking it out, and it is said to be much clearer of trash than usual.—Wobik.) CANADA PAPLEAS• Th• Montreal Herald of the 30th of November contains the following news from Upper Canada relative to the fire at Miramichi : UPPER CANADA 'ROUSE OF ASSEMBLY. Youx, Nor. 14, 1325. 31ESSAGEs. " P. 3faitland, " The Lieutenant-Governor, feeling persuaded that the sym pathy of the House of Assembly will have been excited by the distressing accounts which have very recently been published of the injury sustained by the inhabitants of New Brunswick from fires, which have laid waste large tracts of country, and reduced the inhabitants of several towns and villages to great distress, is desirous to assure the House that he will be happy to eon• cur in any measure that the Legislature may have in their power to adopt, for the purpose of alleviating in some degree the suf ferings of their fellow-subjects who have been visited with to afflicting a calamity. " GOVEUNMENT-1101.T9E, Noy. IS, 10416. " I'. 31aitland, " The Lieutenant-Governor, thinks proper to call the atten tion of the House of Assembly to a subject which he has long regarded as one of much importance to the province, and o! par ticular interest to a large portion of its inhabitants. "The House of Assembly is aware that of those persons who have come to this province from forei;,rn countries, and more especially at an early period of the settlement, many had been citizens of the United States of America, and subjects of that Government. " Whatever difference of opinion way have formerly pee. vailed with respect to the civil rights of persons so situated, from the circumstance of the United States of America having once been British colonies, the solemn decision of the question in the mother country, whose laws we have adopted, leaves no. room fir doubt ; and these inhabitants of the province are ex— posed to the inconvenience of finding those rights denied, which they have hitherto 'enjoyed, but which, whenever they may be questioned, must be decided upon by those to whom the administration of justice is committed according to law, and without regard to inconveniences which might be mach re gretted. " There are also in this province a number of emigrants from other foreign countries, and many discharged soldiers of foreign corps, who not having strictly complied with the pro• visions of those British statutes under which they might hare been entitled to the privileges of subjects, are equally by law exposed to the danger of being regarded as aliens. " Of all the persons thus situated, the greater part became inhabitants with the knowledge of tile Government. Between those and others it does not appear necessary to discriminate, In the persuasion that they might all be safely received and acknowledged as subjects, with no other qualification than those which the legislature of this province halt from time to time thought it expedient to impose, the Lieutenant-Governor has earnestly pressed the subject upon the consideration of his Ma jesty's Government, and has it now in his power to communi cate to the House of Assembly, that he has received his Ma jesty's express sanction to assent to an enactment which may afrord relief to such persons as are now in the province; and the Lieut.-runt-Governor doubts not thrt a subject so important will receive the early and attentive consideration of the House of A ttt,mibly." 2 , :ovF:Ainvm 16. The Attorney-General brought up the petitions of the inha bitants of York, of the agents of the East India Company, and of the President and Directors of the Welland Canal Com. pany. Upon the motion of Mr. Ralph, Messrs. Attorney-General and Hamilton were appointed a Committee to search into pre cedents, and report whether the message of his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, relative to the sufferers in New Bruns wick, while a bill for their relief is pending before the Houses is consistent with its privileges. Mr. Hamilton moved, that it be resolved, that an humble address be presented to his Excellency the Lieutenant-Gover. nor, acknowledging his Excellency's Message respecting the civil rights of certain of his :;lajesty's subjects in this province,. and to assure hi s E xce ll ency that the House would not fail t 9 t ake the matter into its most serious consideration. Upon the motion being put, the House divided—For them. Lion, 13—Against it, 12 —Majority, 1. Messrs. Matthews and Thompson were appointed a COM. mittee, to draught an address pursuant to the above resolution. and report the same. The address having been reported and adopted by the House, the same gentlemen were appointed a committee to carry the address up to his Excellency. Mr. Hamilton then moved that the House resolve itself into a committee to-morrow, to consider the above question. " Post-office, Halifax, Nov. 7,1825, " Notice is hereby given, that after the 31st of D e c e mber next, 10s. fid per ann um must be paid upon all newspapers fos. warded through this office to any part of the Withal 119/41 American provinces."